Hat and cap.



A. 0. LEVINSON.

HAT AND CAP.

APFLICATION FILED FEB.29, 1916.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

' vide such an 'ABRAHAM O. LEVINSGN,

OE CHICG, ILLINOIS.

HAT AND CAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec.. 5, iltttt.

.application tiled February 29, 193.6. Serial No. @5115.

.To all whom t may concern.

lBe it known that l, ABRAHAM LEVIN- son, a subject of the ACzar of Russia, and a resident of.Chicago, Cool; county, lllinois, have invented certain new and useful llmprovements in Hats and Caps, of lwhich the following is a specication.

`y invention relates to improvements in wearing apparel and has particular reference to improvements in head coverings' of the variety of soft hats or caps.

rllie' object of my invention vis 'to reduce the number of sizes oi' such articles which it is necessary to manufacture and carry in stock in order to be able to provide a hat or cap to fit any desired head; to eliminate the necessity ot' the close and accurate fitting of such articles which is desired, at the time an order is tilled or a sale is made; to proarticle which shall be and easily adjustable through a range of several sizes and which shall be so constructed that it shall feel comfortable when in place on the head.

My invention consists vided with an easily adjustable or self-ad justing head tting portion or ring which is adapted to normally lie in a vertical relation to the hat or, in other words, lie ilat ina hat or cap proagainst the head.

My invention also consists in a soft hat or cap provided with a substantially continuous slot or conduit in which a band or tape of elastic material is placed and which rends to contract the inner wall et the conduit to a proper head iitting dimension.

My invention further consists in a cap having an adjustable ear flap and provided the junction of the ear flap with the cap ,1 with a llexible hinge joint which entends around the can and v'hollow and. in which an elastic is inse the ends ot the tape beine' c inner wall ofthe reed o 'rinsso on the tape can ne readily n further consists in the several leati s of construction and in the evangelie' and coinl rations of parts by which l ani enabled to other objects and all as hereinafter t f particularly pointed out in -ded claims.

in v inve attain the above and scribed readily 5 My invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in whiclis- 2 Figure -1- is a central vertical sectional View of a cap from front to rear and illustrating1 one embodiment of my invention; Fig. `2- is a similar section showing` the ear flap portion turned down; Fig. -8- is a bottom plan view of the cap as it appears in Fig. -l-g lig. -dis a vertical crosssection ci3 a soit hat looking toward the rear; Fig. -5- is a fragmentary plan elevation, showing" one method of bringing the elastic tape through the wall of the conduit; and Fig. -6- is a similar view showing the manner in which l prefer to bring; the ends of the tape through the wall ot the conduit in a sott hat.

trying, to devise a practical self-adjusting hat band, and to devise means for reducing' the necessity oi making so many different sizes o hats and caps, rllhis necessity has become more acute in recent years due to the great development in the mail order business.

'lhcse who buy from the mail orderhouscs do not always know the exact size they want and hence it often occurs that the articles sent do not accurately lit. his necessitates much delay and annoyance both to the cui: temer and the house, to say nothing1 of the great expense and actual loss in sending thev articles baclr and forth either by mail er express. Such detrimental features of the mail order business, regarding1 these articles are practically eliminated by mv invention, and by means oi my invention but few diiferent actual sizes of such articles need be manufactured or carried in stock.

in said drawings, A represents a cap having asot'tbodyliand a stili vizorC. lisually the body B is quite and full in its upper portion and is br 'ht in to hcad'sise at the lower edge thereof, which at front corresponds with the inner edge il et' 'the visor.

provide an inner head .fit flap i] which may taire the covering which nerr within the cap and is i-clap down to the position ci f" when it is desired to inventors have been busy toria long time l flap E usually extends around the sides and rear partl of the cap, beginning, as shown 'in Fig. -3, within the side edges of the vizor C. A

I preferably connect the edge'of the cap body with the flap E by means of a very flexible joining band F which continues clear around the head -size of the cap and 41s formed of an outer layer F" of cloth and a similar inner layer F. These two layers or strips are secured at one edge to the cap and at the other to the adjacent edge of the flap E, and at thefront of the cap between the ends of the flap the free edges of the stripsv F and F are sewed together.. I thus provide a conduit, slot or tube G whlch 'extends circumferentially around the head size of tl'ie'pn in which I place an adjusting tape or band H. I preferably make a,

single opening J in one wall of the conduit, arranging it at the rear of the hat and through this hole I draw the ends of the tape I-I, knotting the two ends together as best shown in Fig. --5-, to prevent them being drawn back into theV conduit and to preserve the head-.size as adjusted. In some instances, as illustrated in Figs. -4- and -6-, I provide two of the holes or eyelets J through which I bring out the ends ofthe adjusting tape. Such arrangement 1s desirable when the conduit is placed in a soft hat K in which the conduit forms a more intimate part of the lining L therein as shown in Fig. -4-. But lwhether I provide one or two of the holes J, in each instance they serve the purpose not only of permitting the adjustment of the tape H but also of making it convenient to put in a new tape should the original tape break or give out for any reason. When a single opening is used, the knot Iitself in the adjusting tape contacts with the eyelet and prevents the ends being drawn into 'the conduit and where two holes are used the fact that -the ends of the tape are fastened together prevents them being drawnl into the conduit.

In case it is necessary to renew the tape, it can readily be threaded through the conduit through the openings which'I provide.

It should be noted that ,in the case of a cap provided with a stiff vizor, the adjustment of the head-size takes place principally around the sides and back thereof and not along the front part adjacent to the vizor.y

I'usually soproportion the cap andthe adjustable head-size that a single cap can be readily fitted to several sizes of heads, for instance, a seven size cap can be readily reduced to a size to fit a person requiring any size down to six and one-half and similarly with other sizes. For this reason, it is not necessary to manufacture or carry in stock, under ordinary conditions, more than three sizes of any one style. This greatly reduces the expense of manufacture and the necessary investment by the dealer, besides being of great benefit to the customer or user. Not only is the possibility of mistake in filling orders almost entirely eliminated, but after the cap has been in `use should the cap stretch or otherwise change-its size, the user can readily adjust it to make it properly fit his head.

As many irnodications of my vinvention will readily suggest themselves to one skilled in the art, I do not limit my invention to the specific structures herein illustrated and described.

1 I claim as my invention l. In a hat or cap, a flexible lining capable of being turned down out of the hat or cap to provide additional head covering, a flexible conduit circumferentially joining the lining to the hat or'cap at the head fitting part thereof, and an adjusting'cord in said conduit.

2. In a cap having a. flexible head-receiving part, an ear covering flap normally lying within the cap, the base of the ear Hap having a circumferential conduit, and an adjusting tape extending aroundY the cap in aid conduit as and for the purpose speci- 3. In a cap having a flexible head-receiving part, an ear covering fiap normally lying within the cap and joined at its lower edge to said head-receiving part by a circumferentially extending flexible tubular hingelike member, an adjusting tape in said tubular member, said ear fiap serving to hold said tubular member in vertical relation both when within the cap and when extended.

ll. In a cap having a head fitting lower edge, a substantially rigid vizor, the inner edge thereof forming one part of the head fitting part of the cap, a flexible tubular band extending around and joined at one edge to the head fitting part, an ear flap joined to the free edge of the tubular member, and adapted to hold said tubular member in vertical relation to the cap, and an adjusting tape in said tubular member.

5. In a cap having a head fitting lower edge, a substantially rigid vizor, the inner edge thereof forming one part of the head fitting part of the cap, a flexible tubular band extending around and joined at one edge to the head fitting part, an ear flap joined to the free edge of the tubular member7 and adapted to hold said tubular member in vertical relation to the cap, an adjusting tape in said tubular member, and an opening in one wall of the latter through which the ends of said tape project as and for the purpose specified.

6. In a cap having a fiexible head-receiving part, an ear covering flap normally lying within the cap and joined at its lower edge to said head-receiving part by a cirlar member in vertical relation both when cumferentally extending flexible tubular Within the cap and when extended. 10 hinge-like member, an adjusting tape ,in said .In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set tubular member, the ends of said tape promy hand this 25th day of February, 1916,

5 jecting through one Wall of said tubular in the presence of one subscribing Witness. member, and means preventing the With- ABRAHAM 0. LEVINSN. drawal of said ends into said tubular mem- Witness: ber, said ear flap serving to hold said tubu- EDWARD FAY WILSON. 

